snowdude 44 Posted November 30, 2013 Share Posted November 30, 2013 Well couldnt resist it. I got a season pass for my daughter and I for sun meadows in Kiyosato just up the road from me. While I know it is hardly a big resort it is very close and we like the atmosphere there and will allow us to ski a lot this year. We have joined a local ski group as well which my daughter is looking forward to. Sun meadows opens Sat 7th Dec weather permitting as they have enough snow so we will be going for our first slide of the season next week. Link to post Share on other sites
ippy 66 Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 congrats! but to hijack your thread... Any fun changes to the JTB pass this year? I bet there bloody is since im miles away! ETA: Found it, looks pretty much exactly the same as last year. Akakura onsen, gala, yuzawa kogen, cortina/norikura, and tsugaike iwatake on the full pass. Also Madarao though. Dunno if that was on last seasons, but it offers something. Its a pity they cant get any of the other myoko resorts on it. Oh and Yomase/X-jam as well as kurohime/iizuna as ever. Basically same same by the looks of things Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted December 7, 2013 Share Posted December 7, 2013 Is it normal for you to need to get a one day pass even if you have a season pass? So you don't just put the pass in your ticket holder and jump straight on the lifts? Link to post Share on other sites
snowdude 44 Posted December 7, 2013 Author Share Posted December 7, 2013 Is it normal for you to need to get a one day pass even if you have a season pass? So you don't just put the pass in your ticket holder and jump straight on the lifts? No！ Once you get the season pass that is it, no need to buy any other passes. And yes you can just put the season pass in your pass holder and hit the lifts. Link to post Share on other sites
sanjo 2 Posted December 7, 2013 Share Posted December 7, 2013 It may be the case for your place, but I know 2 people who have season passes - one for Maiko Snow Resort - and they need to go and pick up a ticket every time they go. They cannot just put the season pass in their ticket holder. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted December 7, 2013 Share Posted December 7, 2013 At Teine u just put ur season pass in ur holder and away u go Link to post Share on other sites
SKI 15 Posted December 7, 2013 Share Posted December 7, 2013 It simply depends on the skijo, muikabochi. Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 Seems that way. Not a huge sample of course but Maiko doesn't have electronic ticket system. Wonder if that has anything to do with it. If you don't need to exchange for a one day ticket, and just jump on the lifts, there's no record of you using it. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 Seems that way. Not a huge sample of course but Maiko doesn't have electronic ticket system. Wonder if that has anything to do with it. If you don't need to exchange for a one day ticket, and just jump on the lifts, there's no record of you using it. Teine is all paper too, no electronic tix Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 There goes that theory then! Link to post Share on other sites
Gunma Boarder 14 Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 Kawaba and Norn also make you turn in your pass for a ticket (which if the lines were long made me a bit frustrated). They seem to want a record of you being there. Link to post Share on other sites
r45 4 Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 If they do that, there should be a fast-track, I reckon. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 But that would be using common sense.... Link to post Share on other sites
Alexander L 80 Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 Paper tickets have this disadvantage of non automated MIS. Link to post Share on other sites
OldKarl 0 Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 MIS? Link to post Share on other sites
SKI 15 Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 They also get soggy. But, you can 'collect' them. Link to post Share on other sites
Alexander L 80 Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 good point Link to post Share on other sites
Alexander L 80 Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 MIS? Management information system Link to post Share on other sites
Metabo Oyaji 71 Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 Grandeco (paper tickets) also requires stopping in to pick up the day pass, though you can go to a special counter, so it doesn't take any time. (Actually quicker than the regular line, on average.) Likewise if you use it to get discount tickets at other Tokyu resorts. I suspect the real reason is to prevent one from using the pass in the morning, then handing it off to a friend in the afternoon. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 So what's to stop people passing the day ticket in the afternoon? Link to post Share on other sites
KlingKlang 1 Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 Season pass people shouldn't need to line up, I would have thought a special counter was needed. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 Ur thinking of the naked-gnarly non-queue.....they don't wait for man not beast!! Link to post Share on other sites
snowdude 44 Posted December 11, 2013 Author Share Posted December 11, 2013 But the season passes have your photo on it so not easy for someone else to use it if they are asked to show the pass! Mine has my photo on it so I reckon that is pretty safe that know one else can use it, (Unless they look super handsome like me that is, then that is different) J/K!! Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 Yeah but if u need to show that to get a day ticket, ur picture doesn't jump to the day pass so what's stopping people handing off their day pass? Link to post Share on other sites
Alexander L 80 Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 they inspect the season ticket and the pass? Link to post Share on other sites
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